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Curriculum Vitae
Behram Khan, MBBS
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
PO BOX 980509
Richmond, VA 23298-0509
Cell: 401-***-****
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EDUCATION
8/2007– 5/2011 Bachelors of Arts, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Philosophy Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
8/2011 – 2/2012 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Premedical Studies Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
1/2013 – 11/2016 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Australia
POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
7/2017 – 6/2020 Internal Medicine Residency
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
7/2020 – 6/2021 Chief Medial Resident
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA
7/2021 – Present Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
2015 USMLE I
2016 USMLE II
2017 USMLE III
2020 Internal Medicine (ABIM ID: 417075)
2023 Pulmonary Disease (ABIM ID: 41705)
2024 Critical Care Medicine ELIGIBLE
7/2020 – Present Louisiana State License #323203
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PROCEDURAL COMPETENCY
Endotracheal intubation
Noninvasive and invasive ventilator management
Central venous catheter placement
Arterial catheter placement
Lumbar puncture
Paracentesis
Thoracentesis
Chest tube insertion
Flexible bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage or forceps biopsy Endobronchial ultrasound with transbronchial needle aspiration Moderate Sedation
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Interstitial lung disease
Critical care ultrasonography and education
GRANTS
Ochsner Clinic Foundation Excellence Fund (PI C Wentowski) 07/2020 – 06/2021 Designing and implementing a point-of-care ultrasound curriculum for internal medicine residents. Role: Curriculum design and lecturer.
Total award: $25,000
VCU Health Pulmonary and Critical Care Division Fellowship Grant (PI P Jackson) 07/2023 – Ongoing Departmental research grant awarded to study the role of inflammation resolution in interstitial lung disease. Role: Study design, performing ELISA assays, and electronic medical review. Total award: $3,000
HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 Best Resident Teacher
2020 Internal Medicine Residency Book Award for most concise, thorough, and educational patient notes PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2016 American Medical Associations
2017 American College of Physicians
2021 American Thoracic Society
2021 Society for Critical Care Medicine
2021 American College of Chest Physicians
PEER-REVIEW SERVICE
2020-Present Peer reviewer for the Ochsner Journal Behram Khan Page 3
TEACHING
2018-2020 University of Queensland-Ochsner Clinical School Lecturer for M3 and M4 2020-2021 IM Residency curriculum design and lecturer COMMITTEE, ORGANIZATIONAL, and VOLUNTEER SERVICE
2015-2020 Luke’s House Women’s Health Clinic, Founder/Student Coordinator, New Orleans, LA 2015-2020 Luke’s House Primary Care Clinic, Student Coordinator, New Orleans, LA 2018-2019 Nosocomial Sepsis Committee
2019-2021 Sepsis Implementation Assist
2020-2021 Schwartz Rounds Facilitator
2023 Tenure track promotional committee for Associate Professor Peter Jackson 2023-Ongoing Assist with managing biobank database specific to research in connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease
2023-Ongoing Asthma quality improvement initiative: reduce the number of asthma admissions over the year 2023-Ongoing Capstone panelist for high school course on health equity PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020-2021 Staff attending for hospital medicine service and primary care clinic 2020-2021 Moonlighting as ICU-Hospitalist at Ochsner Medical Center – Main Campus PRESENTATIONS
Intramural
2019 Journal club presentation on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (EOLIA trial)
2020 Baseline characteristics of usual care cohort for effect of EMR-driven, multi-disciplinary approach on time to antibiotic delivery for the treatment of nosocomial sepsis 2020 Morbidity and mortality conference on delayed recognition and treatment of toxic shock syndrome 2020-2021 Afternoon report: diagnostic reasoning facilitator for challenging cases 2020-2021 Intern conference presentations: EKG, COPD, ventilator mechanics, hypothalmus-pituitary-axis, diabetes management, congestive heart failure, and other topics 2022 Introduction to the wards for M2 transitioning to M3 2022-2023 Critical care echocardiography
2022-2023 Abdominal ultrasound for the intensivist 2023 Introduction to mechanical ventilation for first-year residents 2024 Approach to interstitial lung disease for 2nd and 3rd year residents Extramural
2016 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Onset of chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy in patients treated with paclitaxel.
2022 American Thoracic Society 2022 International Conference poster discussion session within the challenging pulmonary cases session. Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder diagnosed with pleural fluid cytology in a patient with recent orthotopic heart transplantation 2023 American Thoracic Society 2023 International Conference oral presentation in the fellows case conference. A complex case of anti-Ku associated respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease Behram Khan Page 4
2024 American Thoracic Society 2024 International conference poster session with oral presentation on the role of specialized proresolving mediators in connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2017 Brown SR, Khan B, Green HJ, Beck DE. Overall Survival Associated With Ileostomy Closure in Patients With Rectal Cancer Before and After Adjuvant Therapy. Ochsner J. 2017;17(4):328-330. 2024 Specialized pro-resolving mediator provide compensatory mechanism for ongoing inflammation in connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease. Submitted for publication Papers not yet submitted for publication (peer-reviewed journals) 2019-present Effect of palliative care consultation for patients re-admitted to a medical intensive care unit 2018-present Effect of EMR-driven, multi-disciplinary approach on time to antibiotic delivery for the treatment of nosocomial sepsis
2018-present Effect of syllabi distribution on resident teaching for M3 internal medicine clerkship Book Chapters
1. Jackson PD, Khan B. Polyunsaturated fatty acid-derived lipid mediators in critical care: applications to COVID-19. In Trauma, Injury, and Critical Care. VR Preedy, (Ed). Published in London, UK. 2023. LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in Punjabi and Urdu
INTERESTS
Rock climbing. Semi-Finalist in Brisbane Bouldering Competition, 2014. Proficient in lead and multi-pitch climbing
Reading Fiction: Favorite authors include Roberto Bolano, Shakespeare, William Faulkner, Cormac McCarthy and others.